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Looper control functions
List of functions for managing Looper controls
Infinite Table and Looper controls
There are two methods to populate Table and Looper controls programmatically...
Looper control populated programmatically
A Looper control populated programmatically is directly linked to lists stored in memory...
LooperCollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.Expand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
List of Looper control functions (prefix syntax)
FOR EACH/FOR ALL statement (loop through controls)
The statement FOR EACH is used to perform different types of browse on the controls (List Box, Table or Looper controls)...
'Image gallery' Looper control
The "Image gallery" Looper control is used to manage the display of a set of images without programming...
LooperAddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
<Looper>.ExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
<Looper>.Collapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
AAF: Increase the height of the lines in the Table or RepeatString fields
In Table, TreeView Table and Looper controls, the user can resize the height of rows, in read-only or in edit...
<Looper>.CollapseAll (Function)
Collapses all expanded breaks in a Looper control.
<Looper>.RefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
<Looper>.CollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperRefreshVisible (Function)
Changes or returns the visibility status of the refresh bar in a Looper control.
The Linear Looper control
A Linear Looper control is used to display a set of controls in a horizontal scrolling list...
Report based on a Looper control
A report based on a Looper control is used to directly print the information displayed in the control...
<Looper>.AddIWBeginning (Function)
Adds a row consisting of an internal window at the beginning of an Infinite Looper control. The row is inserted before the first row in the Looper control. The scrollbar of the Looper control remains at the same position.
<Looper>.AddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
Looper control based on a data file
This type of Looper control uses data from a data file or query...
LooperAddInProgress (Function)
Gets or sets the display mode of the internal loading window used when additional elements are loaded in an Infinite Looper control.
Linear Looper control properties
Display different content on each row
In a Looper control, a different content can be assigned to the Table, Chart, List Box and TreeView controls...
LooperCollapseExpand (Function)
On a given row of a Looper control:
  • collapses a break (if it is expanded),
  • expands a break (if it is collapsed).
LooperCollapse (Function)
Collapses a break that was expanded beforehand in a Looper control.
The Looper control
A Looper control is used to repeat the controls found in a specific area...
LooperExpandAll (Function)
Expands all breaks in a Looper control with break.
LooperExpand (Function)
Expands a break in the Looper control on a given row.
ExtractString (Function)
Allows you to: extract a substring from a string based on a specified string separator. search for substrings in a string based on a specified string separator....
dbgInfo (Function)
Returns a debug information.
Constants for external files
List of constants used by the functions for managing external files....
Keyboard Variable (Using physical keyboards on Android)
The Keyboard variable makes it possible to retrieve the parameters of the events of a physical keyboard......
Recycle code windows
By default, a single code window is opened per ......
Native Progress Connector: Programming with SQL functions
The use of SQL functions to handle Progress data does not require importing the file structure into the analysis......
Internal procedure
Several features require a procedure called once or several times via a WLanguage function ("Callback")....
Today (Function)
Returns or modifies the system date (date of the day defined on the current computer).
Enumeration and Combination items
WINDEV, WEBDEV and WINDEV Mobile propose the Enumeration and Combination types......
WDInst: configuring the characteristics of the file setup
WDInst is used to configure the installation of files......
How to create a patch?
Programming standard errors
Programming standard errors inform you of potential problems detected when saving windows, pages, reports or when recompiling the project......
Sending faxes with WINDEV and WEBDEV
To send faxes from an application or from a site, WINDEV and WEBDEV propose several functions allowing you to send faxes via the system fax server available in Windows XP and Windows 2000......
Handling files on an FTP server
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for transferring files from one site to another......
WDDeploy features
WDDeploy can be used to......
Custom telemetry
Custom telemetry allows you to define the elements that will be included in the analytics......
Errors during an FTP installation
The list below presents the error messages that are displayed in the remote setup wizard (for the site manager)......
Managing the SNMP protocol
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is the standard protocol for managing the network devices......
fGlobalDirCommon (Function)
Returns a directory path for the global data of current application (data shared between several applications), regardless of the current user.
fGlobalDirUser (Function)
Returns a directory path for the global data of current application (data shared between several applications), for the current user.
ThreadWaitSignal (Function)
Locks the current thread until it receives a signal from another thread.
diagSelection (Type of variable)
The diagSelection type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a selection made in a diagram.
Print constants
List of constants used by the print functions....
6. Procedures
WINDEV Tutorial - WLanguage basics Lesson 6 - Procedures - 20 min
Cookie (Type of variable)
The Cookie type is used to handle the cookies transmitted in the HTTP requests.